Today the NBA announced the official list of teams that will participate in the 2018 season of the newly formed eSports league, the NBA 2K eLeague. 17 of the 30 NBA teams will field a team in the first season of the NBA 2K eLeague.

In a recent article published by the NASDAQ stock exchange the NBA 2K eLeague was cited as the reason to watch Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) stock. ESports is expected to be a billion dollar industry by 2019 and Take-Two Interactive is leading the charge with the NBA 2K eLeague partnership.